10 Moments That Made People Realize Single Life Was the Best Choice

We are taught to fear solitude, but once you stop viewing ’single’ as a status and start seeing it as a superpower, everything changes. From the peace of an empty bed to the thrill of total autonomy, these 10 accounts show that dodging the relationship drama isn’t just a relief—it’s the key to a life truly lived.

1.

Met through a dating app, and she asked if I wanted to meet “some of her friends” at a nearby place. It seemed weird for a first date, but I agreed to meet there. As we walk in, I realize there’s some kind of organized function happening, and there are printed papers on each table that read, “Welcome Springfield Class of 1991”.

She says hi to a couple of people, then says, “And this is Steve!” My name isn’t Steve, she forgot my name. It was bizarre. I ended up staying for 45 minutes and eating a quesadilla as Steve then told her I had an early morning. She texted me the next day, but I felt that this one time, ghosting was ok.

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2.

I went on a first date with a guy who seemed normal—until the food arrived. As soon as the waiter placed our plates down, he reached across the table, grabbed my fork, and started cutting my steak.

“I just think women shouldn’t have to do things like this,” he said, smiling proudly.

I awkwardly took my fork back, but it didn’t stop there. He insisted on buttering my bread, stirring my drink, and even tried to wipe my mouth with a napkin.

When he reached for my plate to “pre-cut” the rest of my meal, I stood up. “I think I can manage,” I said, grabbing my purse. “And I think I’ll eat alone.”

3.

We grabbed coffee on our first date, but every date after that was at his place with his roommate. I put up with it for a whole month, but when I finally suggested coming over to my place, he lost it. We fought for a week, and then he claimed he was never actually interested in me and that we weren’t even dating. Turns out, Ben was just helping his roommate find a girlfriend.

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4.

A pretty brunette walked in and sat down at the bar. I asked if she’d like to see a dinner menu. She explained that she was waiting for a date. The guy arrived with a large bag, which he set down next to him.

It was immediately obvious this date was their first. Their conversation was lurching from forced to downright painful when he reached into the bag and pulled out an album containing...his Pokémon card collection.

He set the book on the bar and thumbed through each page, lovingly describing every card, attempting to educate his date. She feigned an emergency and called her friend to pick her up. He stayed and ate a plain hamburger at the bar. Both of these people were in their mid-30s.

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5.

I was dating this guy for a few months, and everything seemed great—until he invited me over for dinner. I walked into his apartment and immediately noticed something odd. There were framed pictures of him... everywhere.

On the walls, on the shelves, even on the dining table. It was like a shrine to himself. As I sat down, he handed me a photo album—filled with more pictures of him. “I like to document my life,” he said proudly.

I nodded, unsure of what to say. But when he asked me to pick my favorite picture of him so he could “frame it for our future home,” I knew it was time to leave.

6.

I once drove a pretty girl to a nearby college she was considering transferring to. For the entire trip, she talked about nothing but herself. When we returned, I looked her deep in the eyes. She puckered up, expecting a kiss, but I just reached across her, popped the door open, and told her to ’just go.

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7.

I often eat alone and people watch, and first dates are almost always painfully obvious. The worst one I ever saw was two people who were probably perfect for each other; they were both completely self-absorbed.

They both started stories and kept telling them at the same time. They weren’t even listening, just talking at each other. I was enraptured by the sheer insanity of it, I didn’t eat for like 45 minutes as they both just yapped away, barely stopping.

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8.

I was on a plane in business class, and the hottest guy sat next to me. We started talking, and it quickly became a great first date once we established we were both single. I got excited as we had a lot in common until he mentioned that he didn’t think women should work and that he wanted kids immediately. I was 25 and had just started my own company, and kids were not on my mind.

I politely tried to watch a movie as my attraction to him came to a sudden halt, and he kept tapping my shoulder to ask questions. Annoyed, I tried to go to sleep, only to wake up to him putting his arm around my waist. I got up immediately and went to the back of the plane to ask the flight attendant if I could change seats, and she said the plane was all full.

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9.

I went out with a guy who wore the puffy shirt. I swear this was the same shirt. I looked beyond that, or at least tried to, and continued with the date. He later had a meltdown in his car because I said hello to a male friend we had seen while we were at a coffee shop and laughed when he told a story to me. He said he shouldn’t have ’fallen for me’ so quickly and wouldn’t have if he’d known I’d ’cheat on him so fast’. He was crying really hard the whole way back to my house.

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10.

I met a guy who was born on the same day as me. That seemed like reason enough to accept his offer when he asked me out. He told me to dress up very nicely as we’d be attending an art gallery opening. I got dolled up, and he was in a T-shirt and jeans.

We got there, and it was in a warehouse out in the middle of nowhere. It was an art gallery, but barely. Some of his friends were there. He wouldn’t introduce me to them and proceeded to chat with them and ignore me the entire evening.

After we left, he asked if he could take me out to dinner. I figured, whatever, at least I’d get a free meal out of this awful evening. We hit up a nice pizza joint and ordered a pizza. As I reached for a second slice, he just looked at me and said, “Wow! A second slice? Really? You’re a house!” I ate the rest of the pizza.

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Stop waiting for someone to complete your life and start realizing that you were the hero of your story all along. And in this article, you will find stories of 18 people whose dates went far from planned.